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You can explicitly configure Component instances in an IoC container like Spring or Guice, or they can be auto-discovered using URIs. A Component is essentially a factory of Endpoint instances. An individual Endpoint acts rather like a URI in a web application or a Destination in a JMS system; you can communicate with an endpoint; either sending messages to it or consuming messages from it. You can then create a Producer or Consumer of an Endpoint to exchange messages with it.

The Routing Domain Specific Language DSL or Xml Configuration then adds Routes to a CamelContext which implement the various Enterprise Integration Patterns.

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